The Story She Left Behind A Novel

Patti Callahan Henry

eBook - 2025

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Indie Next April 2025 PickLibraryReads March 2025 Pick "Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down." —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author Inspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both.In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she wa...s just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the... more